Oil Shock Triggers Liquidations, Bitcoin Holds Above 67K Amid Geopolitical Chaos

Markets are navigating one of the most violent oil shocks in history as crude surged thirty percent on Iran conflict escalation before G7 intervention talk pulled prices back. Crypto traders felt the pain-nearly forty million dollars in oil short liquidations hit Hyperliquid as tokenized crude futures spiked to one eighteen. Bitcoin is showing unexpected resilience, holding above sixty-seven thousand dollars while Asian equities crater and gold falls five percent. Strategy added 1.3 billion in bitcoin to its treasury, now holding over seven hundred thirty-eight thousand coins. Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni raised market meltdown odds to thirty-five percent as oil above one hundred threatens stagflation. Nasdaq partnered with Kraken to launch tokenized stocks in twenty twenty-seven. Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are seeking twenty billion dollar valuations as institutional adoption accelerates. Plus, finance job openings hit thirteen-year lows and Trump's cyber strategy explicitly supports cryptocurrency security infrastructure.